A Writer Writes: Apocalypse Then (Part II)
Apocalypse Then by Bob Criso (Nigeria & Somalia 1966–68) • Part II Leaving Nigeria “BOB, THEY’RE GOING TO KILL US! They’re going to burn the house down.” Laura was shaking. “So this is how I’m...
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A Writer Writes: Teachers Room Sex Farce in Nigeria
Teachers Room Sex Farce by Larry Lesser (Nigeria 1964-65) [Note: The author maintains that this is a true story except that he’s changed everybody’s names except his own and his then-wife’s. No need to...
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Review of Lauri Anderson's (Nigeria 1965-67) From Moosehead to Misery Bay
From Moosehead to Misery Bay: or The Moose in the VW Bug by Lauri Anderson (Nigeria 1965–67) North Star Press $14.00 224 pages June 2013 Reviewed by Don Schlenger (Ethiopia 1966-68) FROM MOOSEHEAD TO...
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A Writer Writes: The Lost Volunteer
The Lost Volunteer Whatever happened to Jim King? by Bob Criso (Nigeria & Somalia 1966-68) Bob Criso In the past, I spent a lot of time searching for Jim King, eager to talk with him about the last...
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Ron Singer (Nigeria 1964-67) Publishes in Transnational Literature
Ron Singer’s (Nigeria 1964-67) story “Their Countries of Origin” is set in an imaginary central-African dictatorship and appears in the November issue of Transnational Literature, an academic...
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Aubrey Brown (Nigeria 1961-63) Dies in Boston
RPCV Aubrey Neblett Brown III (Nigeria 1961-63), who is perhaps the first PCV ‘hero’, died on February 14 in Boston. He was 78. A celebration of Aubrey’s life will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Second...
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The One Word That Almost Sunk the Peace Corps
THE ONE WORD THAT ALMOST SUNK THE PEACE CORPS BY EMILY CADEI OZY Writer MAY 15, 2015 When John F. Kennedy asked young Americans in 1960 how many of them were willing to spend years in the developing...
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“The Nzeogwu I Knew” by Tim Carroll (Nigeria)
Editor’s Note: In February 2015, Roger Landrum (01) 1961–63, in the email below, alerted the newsletter staff of what he believed to be an interesting story about a friendship that had developed in...
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“The Peace Corps Blew It” by Bob Criso (Nigeria)
I HAD JUST GRADUATED from college in January 1966 when I picked up the New York Times and read about the bloody military coup in Nigeria. The Prime Minister and a number of other top government...
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“Loose Ends” by Bob Criso (Nigeria/Somalia)
Loose Ends by Bob Criso (Nigeria 1966-67, Somalia 1967-68) • SUSAN STEEN AND PAUL BAUMER met on a beach in Bali. She was traveling with her friend Janice, taking a lot of pictures with her fancy...
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“When the Right Hand Washes the Left” by David Schickele (Nigeria)
David G. Schickele first presented his retrospective view of Volunteer service in a speech given at Swarthmore College in 1963 that was printed in the Swarthmore College Bulletin. At the time, there...
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Review — BREAKING KOLA: An Inside View of African Customs by Katherine...
Breaking Kola: An Inside View of African Customs Katherine Onyemelukwe (Nigeria 1962–64) Peace Corps Writers November 2018 251 pages $14.62 (paperback); $9.99 (Kindle) Reviewed by Tom Hebert...
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16 New books by Peace Corps writers — May and June, 2022
To purchase any of these books from Amazon.com — CLICK on the book cover, the bold book title, or the publishing format you would like — and Peace Corps Worldwide, an Amazon Associate, will receive a...
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Review — THE REAL PRESENCE: A NOVEL by Ron Singer (Nigeria)
The Real Presence: A Novel Ron Singer (Nigeria 1964–67) Adelaide Books, May 2021 236 pages $19.60 (paperback) Reviewed by Lucinda Wingard (Nigeria 1966-68) • Ron Singer Many of us RPCVs will agree...
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Tim Carroll (Nigeria) goes home and remembers his childhood
“I just had to live a long time,” Beloved Old Mission memories turned into children’s coloring book by Tim Carroll. Tim Carroll (Nigeria 1963-65) in the Local History Room at the Peninsula...
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Retired architectural photographer RPCV Tom Crane (Nigeria) dies
Tom Crane, retired architectural photographer, Peace Corps volunteer, and ‘obsessive handyman,’ has died at 82 Mr. Crane first developed his love of photography while working for the Peace Corps...
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The Legendary PCV Post Card
Marjorie Mitchelmore was a twenty-three-year-old magna cum laude graduate of Smith College when she became one of the first people to apply in 1961 to the new Peace Corps. She was attractive, funny,...
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NAKED poems by Bobba Cass (Nigeria)
From creative writing at Leicester 2/25/23 Bobba Cass is a gay man, father and grandad. He grew up in Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. where he benefitted from education for all, not just the selected....
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“Poets Take Note” — Philip Dacey (Nigeria)
by Philip Dacey (Nigeria 1963-65) • Peace Corps Volunteers, returned or current, who are turning their experiences into poetry and looking for appropriate publishing outlets, ought to know about...
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Some Early Peace Corps Books You Might Have Missed
The Early Years of Peace Corps in Afghanistan: A Promising Time by Frances Hopkins Irwin and Will A. Irwin | Feb 13, 201 The Peace Corps: The Early Years by Charles Jones and Keith Jones | Feb 7,...
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